Radio Yak: Jonathan Goldstein

Radio Yaks: A Radiotonic series in which eminent producers from around the world share audio they’re crazy about, and tell us why.

In this Radio Yak, host and producer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC Radio) Wiretap, Jonathan Goldstein, shares his thoughts on blending fact and fiction on the radio, finding truth in unexpected places, and his favourite hard rock anthem.

After working for a couple of years on the highly successful This American Life, Jonathan created his own show, taking everything he had learnt on This American Life as well as his work as an author, columnist and humorist to create the fantastical world that is Wiretap: storytelling, radio drama and hilarious phone hook ups with his parents are just the tip of the iceberg.

Jonathan Goldstein hosts and produces CBC Radio's Wiretap, which is now in its eleventh season. He is a frequent contributor to This American Life and a humour columnist for the National Post. His most recent book is the memoir I'll Seize The Day Tomorrow.